Matt Campbell took the big step up from GT racing to prototypes like a duck to water, dropping into the factory Penske-run Porsche 963 programme in the IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside Felipe Nasr.
They finished fourth in points, scoring victory at Road America, and his switch to the team’s World Endurance Championship squad for 2024 can be viewed as a promotion.
Campbell’s stunning raw pace was reflected with two poles at Laguna Seca and Indianapolis, although he blotted his copybook with a big shunt on his hot lap at Sebring. He didn’t completely forsake his 911 GT3 roots though, finding time to finish a close second in the Bathurst 12 Hour and win an Australian GT race at Adelaide.
After making his name in recent years producing some stunning results in Porsche’s GT machinery, Matt Campbell got the call – along with his 2022 IMSA GTD Pro co-champion Mathieu Jaminet – to step up to IMSA’s reborn GTP class for its return to prototype racing. So, how was that journey for the 28-year-old Queenslander?
“The step was smaller than I expected, which has been nice,” says Campbell.
Source: Autosport